Kenny Jackett says Fulham are ‘trying hard’ to sign Bakary Sako as Dorus de Vries talks with a second Dutch club.

Sako’s move now looks a formality and Wolves boss Jackett said: “Fulham are genuinely interested in Sako and now it is about negotiations between the two clubs.

“As far as I know no fee has been agreed yet, but they are in negotiations. I don’t know if it is close. The offer’s at a very high level, whether it is at a point where the powers that be at Wolves want to accept that or not is another matter.”

“He had a very good season last year and there are many naturally-gifted left-sided players around – and he certainly comes into that category, so it doesn’t surprise me there has been a lot of interest in him.

“He’s not one I thought would necessarily be with us in League One at the start.”

He said: “There has been interest. Kevin Thelwell and Jez Moxey are mainly handling the negotiations on that front. There have been some enquiries, as you would imagine on July 1st, but nothing concrete that any of those are close to a move to any club.”

Jackett says Luke Murphy’s decision to sign for Leeds is a chance for the club’s youngsters to shine.

“He’s a much sought-after player and everybody has watched him over the last couple of seasons. I’m sure he would have had a lot of options in terms of where he wanted to go next,” he said.

“You can’t get every player. It is important that you know everyone, in terms of the scouting, but you can’t get everyone and you need to make sure that your timing is right in terms of signing players.

“It will be interesting to see some of the young midfield players we have. David Davis is a good player, we have Dave Edwards, I like the look of Lee Evans and Jack Price.

“We’re not short of central midfield players. There’s some young guys there who’ll be looking to make their name.”